Veneer and backing bond and anchor



Feb. 13, 1934.

D. B. DANIELSON 1,946,732

VENEER AND BACKING BOND AND ANCHOR I N VEN TOR.

A TTORNEYS Patented Feb. 13, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT orrice This invention relates to improvements in veneer and backing bond and anchors, specifically for use in building constructions.

It is the primary object of the present invention to provide in building constructions, simple, inexpensive, and readily installed means for forming eflicient bonds and anchors between veneer walls of brick or masonry and backing therefor of tiles, blocks or bricks.

A further object of the invention is to provide construction elements of the class described which are quickly attachable as the walls progress and are adjustable for irregular spacing and further, the anchor or bond elements are adapted to be embedded and concealed in mortar joints between courses of the inner and outer walls.

A further object of the invention is to provide veneer and backing bond and anchoring devices which provide positive anchorage between the veneer and backing walls and provide for an insulating air space between the walls, insuring a damp proof wall which will'permit uniform condensation of plaster applied to the wall and great- 1y enhance the application and ultimate appearance of the plaster.

A further object of the invention is to provide a veneer and backing bond and anchor which is of very simple construction, is strong and durable, and is well adapted for the purposes described.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the improved veneer and backing bond and anchor, and its parts and combinations as set forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the views:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the improved bond and anchor devices applied to a brick veneer wall with a tile backing or inner wall;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary front view of a veneer wall showing the application of the bond and anchor devices; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing it will appear that the numeral 6 designates a veneer wall formed of superimposed courses of 59 bricks or like masonry. An inner wall, indicated by the numeral 7, is formed of superimposed courses of tiles, blocks, or the like, and the inner wall and outer wall are adapted to be slightly separated with respect to each other to provide a continuous vertical air space therebetween.

During the construction of said walls, as the same proceed vertically, it is desirable to anchor or bond the walls together.

The improved bonding and anchoring device comprises an elongated wire 8 having ring porv tions 9 formed at opposite ends thereof, the planes of said ring portions being at right angles to the plane of the main portion 8. The main wire portion 8 is also formed intermediate its end portions with spaced oil-sets 10. The elements 8 are of such a length as to permit the ring end portions 9 to substantially engage upper and lower faces of a tile or block as used in the courses of the inner wall.

In the construction of walls wherein the improved bond or anchoring devices are used, it is preferable that so far as horizontal centering is concerned there shall be at least one device applied to at least every other tile or block of the inner wall, and so far as vertical centering is concerned said devices should be applied to at least every other course of the inner wall. As shown particularly in Figs. 1 and 3 the ring portions 9 engage opposed horizontal faces of a tile or block and as the inner wall progresses said ring portions 9 become embedded in the mortar joints between courses. The off-sets 10 are important in that they serve to space the main wire portions outwardly of the face of the inner wall.

The outer veneer wall of bricks or masonry is built up in the usual manner adjacent the face of the inner wall 7, and is spaced from said wall by the wire portions 8 which are held in ofi-set relation to the inner wall '7. The various units of the outer wall 6 are joined by mortar. At intervals, as the veneer wall progresses vertically, it is necessary to form a bond or anchor between said veneer wall and the inner wall. For that purpose split rings 11 are provided. Said rings are similar to the rings shown in my Patent No. 1,798,134 and are adapted for attachment to the wire portions 8. To effect the attachment of a ring the same is held in a plane with a vertical wire portion 8 and pushed into engagement with said wire, with the wire passing between the split ends of the ring. The ring is then turned horizontally and the engagement is as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. After a ring has been connected as described, it is disposed flatly on the upper face of a unit 6 and becomes embedded in the mortar layer between said unit and the one next placed thereabove. Obviously, each split ring may be vertically adjusted on a wire portion 8 to aline it with a top surface of a brick.

It will thus be seen that with the improved veneer and backing bond and anchor an effective and quickly arranged bonding and anchoring medium is effected between said walls. The devices are easily applied at desired points to the inner wall units or blocks and due to the manner in which the wire portions 8 are held off-set with respect to the inner wall, said wire portions are completely accessible during building operations for the application of the split rings 11 thereto for anchoring the veneer wall. The bond and anchor devices are concealed in the finished wall, and permit the formation of an uninterrupted vertical air space between the walls. Furthermore the bond and anchor device is of simple and novel construction, and is well adapted for the purposes described.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a building construction, a pair of spaced walls, an elongated vertical rod formed with right angularly extended end portions, intermediate portions of said rod being formed with offset portions, the right angular end portions of the rod both being secured within one of said inner walls and the intermediate offset portions engaging a face of the same wall to space the major portion of the rod from said wall, and a bonding member anchored between adjacent units of the other well and adjustably attached to said vertical rod.

2. In a building construction, an inner wall formed of secured together block-like units, mortar layers between adjacent horizontal faces of units of the inner wall, an anchoring element having an elongated vertical portion disposed adjacent a face of the inner wall and having integral flat, right angularly extended end portions, said anchoring element embracing a unit of the inner wall between the angularly extended end portions and said end portions being embedded in mortar layers between adjacent units of the inner wall, the elongated vertical portion of said anchoring element being formed intermediate its ends with spaced apart off-sets engaging a face of the inner wall to space the major portion of said vertical portion from the face of the inner wall, an outer veneer wall, mortar layers between adjacent horizontal faces of units of the veneer wall, and a pair of vertically spaced bonding rings embedded in said mortar layers and adjustably and quickly detachably carried by spaced portions of said vertical portion of the anchoring element.

DANIEL B. DANIELSON. 

